Ken Davis

Long before Route 66 became a byword for postcard nostalgia, it carried a nickname with real Friday at 3pm CT, High Plains Public Radio invites listeners to discover why that name still matters, with a new special: "Rachel Jackson on Will Rogers: The Man and the Highway." Will Rogers was, by most accounts, the most famous man in America in the 1920s and '30s — a rope-trick vaudeville performer turned newspaper columnist, radio voice, and the highest-paid star in Hollywood, all while never...

There's a saying in radio: if everything is working, nobody notices. Nobody, that is, except the engineer who made sure it all worked in the first place. After more than 25 years of keeping HPPR's signal alive and strong across the High Plains, our Chief Engineer Chuck Springer is hanging up his tool belt, and heading into a well-earned retirement. And we think it's high time to make some noise about the person who has spent a quarter-century making sure that we could.

Turning 65 is a big deal. You've earned it. And now, one of the most important decisions of your next chapter is waiting for you: figuring out Medicare. The good news? You don't have to navigate it alone. The Area Agency on Aging is rolling out the welcome mat with a free Medicare Educational Seminar designed especially for folks who are new to Medicare or approaching that milestone 65th birthday.